Displaying the Learning Agreement
The Learning Agreement is an individual agreement between student and tutor or doctoral student and the supervisor of the doctoral thesis.
Students can plan which courses they will complete in the subject areas relevant to their degree programme. The choice of courses may deviate from the study achievements specified in the Course Catalogue. In these cases, the tutor or the supervisor of the doctoral thesis or, in certain cases, the study administration must approve this courses.
The Learning Agreement is structured according to the subject-specific categories of the respective study regulations with the compulsory subjects.
It will be declared how compulsory courses will be or have been completed.
Yes: In the programme regulation
No: Not planned in this programme regulation
Doctoral studies
Yes: In the extended doctoral studies
No: Replacement course has been agreed
Bachelor: In the Bachelor or another ETH programme regulation
Other university: At another university
It is indicated whether the category assignment is “Not regular”. Such course units are not regular courses of the respective degree programme or the selected specialisation.
The following course units are always marked as “Not regular”:
- Exchange courses completed at another university.
- Course units that are not intended for this degree programme.
Note: The categorisation in the Learning Agreement does not correspond to the information in the Course catalogue.
By clicking on the Button “Edit” the Learning Agreement can be edited.
The Learning Agreement can be deleted by clicking on the “Delete” button. A Learning Agreement can be deleted until it is submitted.
If an already submitted Learning Agreement should be deleted, the study administration must be contacted. It may be necessary to delete a submitted Learning Agreement in case the degree programmes or the programme regulations are changed.
The Learning Agreement can be submitted for approval by clicking on the “Submit” button.
The tutor or thesis supervisor (or in some cases the Study Administration on behalf of the tutor) receives an e-mail with the request to approve the Learning Agreement.
The Learning Agreement must be discussed with your tutor or thesis supervisor before it is submitted.
Complete Learning Agreement
If the degree programme requires a complete Learning Agreement, sufficent credits must be planned in each category. The Learning Agreement can only be submitted if it is complete.
Incomplete Learning Agreement
If a complete Learning Agreement is not a prerequisite for a submission, the Learning Agreement can be submitted incomplete. However, the Learning Agreement must be complete and approved by the time of the degree request at the latest.
Learning Agreement in the status “Approved”
After the Learning Agreement has been approved it can still be changed and resubmitted for approval. Changes are displayed in the “Changes” column and the table “Deleted course units”.
After the Learning Agreement has been approved, it can still be changed and then resubmitted for approval. Changes are displayed in the column “Changes” and the “Deleted course units” table.
Learning Agreement in the status “Definite”
The Learning Agreement can no longer be edited and resubmitted in the status “Definite”. If changes need to be done to a Learning Agreement in the status “Definite”, the Study Administration must be contacted.